About “Touch the Sky”

Produced by Just Blaze, using a slowed down sample from Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up”, a style that Kanye also employs.

This song notably features Lupe Fiasco’s first big breakthrough. He went on to drop Food & Liquor a year later.

Fun fact: Kanye was sued by Evel Knievel for the music video of this song, because Kanye used images and patterns that matched Knievel’s trademarked suit. It was settled when Knievel met Kanye, calling him “quite a gentleman”.

What have the artists said about the song?

I’ve been knowing Kanye for years. We helped each other out before he had his deal […] he had this record that he wanted me to jump on, and it was ‘Touch The Sky.’ It was that simple. We went to the studio and recorded it.